Victor Dubuisson Gleneagles Bound After Bundling Out Graeme McDowell.
Quietly-spoken French golfing ace Victor Dubuisson stamped his European Ryder Cup credentials with an impressive victory over 2010 Celtic Manor winning hero Graeme McDowell.
Dubuisson sent McDowell packing back to his Florida home with a 1 up defeat in the quarter-finals of the $9m WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship at Dove Mountain in Arizona.
McDowell, who is the reigning Volvo World Match-Play champion was 2up after just three holes found himself 1 down when the current Turkish Airlines ...
Sergio Garcia Defends Conceeding 18-Footer To Rickie Fowler – See The Video.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia has defended a decision to concede an 18-foot putt to American rival Rickie Fowler on day three of the WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship.
No one was more surprised than Fowler when Garcia, and a hero of the 2012 Ryder Cup, told the young American to pick up his marker on the par four seventh hole.
Garcia had put his approach shot to just four feet and looked a good chance to win the hole against Fowler.
But then in one of the most bizarre episodes in match-play ...
Victor Dubuisson Delivers Bubba Watson Match-Play Knock Out Blow.
French golfing ace Victor Dubuisson continues to stake his claims for European Ryder Cup selection in knocking 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson out of the WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship in Arizona.
Watson came into the $9m event having posted a pair of weekend 64s to win last weeks PGA Tour Northern Trust Open.
However the Bagdad-born Watson had no answer for the quietly-spoken Frenchman losing 1 up.
Dubuisson, who broke through to capture last year’s inaugural Turkish Airlines ...
McIlroy & McDowell Facing Match-Play All-Ireland Final Showdown.
The Ireland duo of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are facing the likelihood of not facing each other to the Final in this week’s WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship in Arizona.
McIlroy is top seed in the Ben Hogan Group whereas McDowell is the Sam Snead Group.
However if the US Open winning duo were to win there opening four matches, including their semi-final encounters, then there they will come together in an all-Ireland clash in the $9m tournament.
McIlroy’s biggest task ...
Match-Play Match-Ups – Stenson-v-Aphibarnrat, McIlroy-v-Weekley, Poulter-v-Fowler.
The opening round draw for Wednesday’s starting Accenture Match-Play Championship has been released.
And despite the absence of three of the world’s top-four ranked players there is still plenty of exciting first round encounters.
Some of the more notable matches include:-
Henrik Stenson -v- Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Luke Donald -v- Matteo Manassero
Matt Kuchar -v- Bernd Wiesberger
Rory McIlroy -v- Boo Weekley
Ernie Els -v- Stephen Gallacher
Graeme McDowell -v- Gary Woodland.
Ian Poulter ...
Augusta National’s Eisenhower Tree Removed … ‘Difficult To Accept’ Says Chairman.
Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne admits it is ‘difficult news to accept’ the loss of the famed Eisenhower Tree.
A recent ice storm wreaked havoc in Georgia last week and with the home of the Masters hit hard.
Payne issued a statement Sunday indicating the Eisenhower Tree – the iconic pine that framed the left side of the 17th hole – was removed because of extensive and irreparable damage from the ice storm.
“Like so many of our family, friends and neighbors in this ...
Bubba Watson Ends Two-Year Winless Drought With Northern Trust Success.
Bubba Watson ended a near two-year winless drought with victory in the Northern Trust Open in suburban Los Angeles.
Watson’s last victory was his 2012 Masters success and the big-hitting Bagdad-born golfer sealed a fifth Tour win with a final round of a seven under par 64 for a 15-under par tally.
Watson won by two shots from fellow big-hitting Dustin Johnson (66).
Watson set up victory with a brilliant third day 64 and then headed into the last day with five birdies in the first eight holes.
And ...
